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NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno felt Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul got a raw deal from Fox News after he was excluded from their Sunday night debate. "He (Ron Paul) is tied with Rudy Giuliani in the state of New Hampshire according to polls. He's not an obscure candidate," said Leno, who believes that Fox News excluded Paul simply because they do not like his politics. Supporters of Paul called for a boycott of Fox and all its sponsors last week following the news and the New Hampshire GOP later dropped their sponsorship of Sunday night's Republican debate. An unprecedented 96% of AOL respondents believed it was unfair to keep the long time Texas Congressman out. Paul is beating Fred Thompson in New Hampshire according to polls while running tight with Giuliani. Both Thompson and Giuliani were invited to participate in the debate. CNN appears to be capitalizing on the Ron Paul fiasco by allowing pools of his supporters to hold signs behind Anderson Cooper throughout his Monday night broadcast, some holding signs that read: "Watch Ron Paul on Jay Leno Tonight". "I think you got screwed over," Leno told Ron Paul. He also expressed frustration that neither CNN nor MSNBC were really bringing up the exclusion. "I think this is a big story that's getting ignored. I thought it was blatantly unfair." Leno's message will get out to plenty of people. Leno grabbed 7.2 million viewers last Wednesday, making his show the biggest on late night. GET ALL THE LATEST NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARIES NEWS FROM GAMBLING911.COM ---- Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher CCostigan@CostiganMedia.com Originally published January 7, 2008 12:08 am EST
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